China Fakes 488m Social Media Posts - Study

China manufactures 488 million fake social media posts a year to divert citizens' attention from adverse or embarrassing news, according to researchers. Gary King, a political scientist at Harvard University, has compiled the first study of its kind of the secretive Fifty Cent Group , a collective of government workers posing as ordinary citizens on the internet. The group was originally given its name by academics and journalists who believed members were paid 50 cents, or 5 jiao (1/2p), for ea